by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY — The Champaign County Sheriff’s office announced its dispatch center can now accept text messages through the “Text-to-911″ program.
To use the 911 feature, all you have to do is input 911 as your number to text, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office says the location information accompanying a text-to-911 call is not equal to wireless voice call location technology.
Additionally, 911 messages can take longer to receive, may be delivered out of order, or may not be received at all…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
Dickinson Police Lt. Mike Hanel sat down with The Dickinson Press to walk through the new program that 9-1-1 operators will soon integrate into their system, saying the program will shorten response times for Dickinson and Stark County emergency responders and ultimately save lives.
“It’s basically like a clearinghouse for all the data that’s out there nowadays for notifications, alerts, alarm systems and what not. For our dispatchers, it’s a one-stop single pane of glass type of system,” Hanel said. “… As society is getting more data driven, there’s so many different devices and methods of communication that need one central location to coalesce into our dispatch center…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Columbus City Council approved a resolution today allocating higher pay for sign-on bonuses for public safety employees.
$5000 bonuses will be given to any person who joins the Columbus Police Department, Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office or begins working at the Muscogee County Prison. The first $2500 dollars will be given six months after completing training and the other half will be given a year after being released from training.
Mayor Skip Henderson says he hopes the bonuses will help with retention rates…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
Tillamook County Emergency Communications District (Tillamook 911) answers all 911 and non-emergency calls throughout Tillamook County. They are the first ‘first responders’ to emergencies.
Administrator Tiffany Miller said there is no typical day at the dispatch center, as the center answers a wide range of calls, such as a complaint regarding a barking dog to a request for help requiring CPR instructions over the phone.
“The only requirement to work here is you have to have either your GED or high school diploma, you have to be 18 years of age and you cannot have any disqualifying criminal history,” Miller said…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is retiring *55 after almost 30 years of use.
Drivers can now call 911 no matter their location in the state, and the call will be routed to the appropriate OHP Communications Center. OHP will become a second public safety answering point.
The *55 number became available in 1992 as a new cellular service that would automatically route a call to the nearest highway patrol headquarters for assistance…
by AllThingsECC.com | Dec 14, 2021 | Comm Center News
Construction will proceed on a new Hancock County communications tower near Oak Avenue and Highway 18, just east of Duncan.
The county has entered into an agreement with Motorola for the new tower, which has a total projected cost of just over $1.52 million dollars. Without an incentive discount for entering into this particular agreement, the cost of the project would have been more than $1.9 million and likely even higher with rising supply costs.
At the Dec. 13 county supervisors meeting, Hancock County emergency response coordinator Andy Buffington and Shari Schmitz of Motorola both estimated that the project should be completed in two years or less. Buffington said equipment and parts will be shipped to the county’s public safety center and that ample storage space can be found. He said that some tower components will go directly to the site…
